Our latest System Of The Month winner was submitted by one of our top retailers -Michael Hoatson owner of The Listening Room in Chestertown, Maryland. This is Mike's personal HT system which I think you will agree is pretty nifty.

While I’m a third generation owner of a classic Hi-Fi shop with no TVs on display, I’ve always wondered what would happen if I applied my knowledge of two channel to a Home Theater system.

I started with an entry level processor, the MC-700 from Emotiva. I believe in having a very pure signal path so spending extra money for super fancy EQ didn’t make sense to me.

As we all know, when you have a digital source, it is important to have some tubes in the system to smooth it out. To accomplish this, I got three Altas Magnums that Rogue was kind enough to bridge at the factory into very budget friendly mono-blocks.

Those three mono-blocks are driving a pair of Magnepan 1.7is and a Infinity center that was traded in that I had sitting around. I have a pair of Eminent Technology LFT-8Bs and a LFT-12 center on order that will replace the current speakers.

For a subwoofer I am running a single Rel t5i but I plan to add a second for stereo in the future. I’m also contemplating a fourth Atlas Magnum to drive a pair of Magnepan MC-1s on the rear wall. The wiring is Straightwire for all analog signal paths.

*Every month (or thereabouts) we will be choosing a "System of the month" from our customer's submissions. Modest or not, please send us a picture(s) and tell us what makes your system special and why you love it. If your system is chosen you'll win a genuine Rogue Audio hat or other Rogue swag. All submissions will be subject to editing and will be posted with your first name and the city or town where you live.

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